Mary McCallum used to contribute regularly to the commentary series that used to air on...
Timothy Belknap describes himself as a "downtown resident and Brattleboro lover." BRATTLEBORO-The yes vote to...
WEST TOWNSHEND-When I learned, as a girl, about the lead-up to Kristallnacht, I had thought...
BRATTLEBORO-The headline made me curious enough to read this one person's opinion of a local...
BRATTLEBORO-When I wrote in the Dec. 10, 2014, edition of The Commons that "Brattleboro, Vermont, now has three operating breweries," it was with an excitement that bordered on effusive. The then-recent opening of Hermit Thrush Brewery on High Street really put the town on an enviable map of craft beer brewing locations. Three breweries in a relatively small town? What could be better? Now there are none. Luckily, this is true only for the moment. The Whetstone Beer Company was...
Those of us who are bewildered that Gerard Cloutier could express such strong support for Donald Trump can look to two contradictory paragraphs in his letter: 1. “Finally, one thing my father taught me - maybe the most important thing - is to judge a man by his actions and his deeds.” 2. “I voted for Donald Trump for president in 2016 because I felt that he spoke to the kind of America I grew up in, hard-working, conservative, and...
The New England Musicians Relief Fund (NEMRF) has launched an initiative to reach $500,000 in donations by March 13, the one-year anniversary of when COVID-19 forced the entertainment industry in the region to shut down. Founded in 2020 by a host of Boston-area musicians, union leaders, executives, and music supporters, NEMRF is helping qualified New England musicians weather financial difficulties by providing them with relief checks. NEMRF hopes to provide a meaningful financial boost to help struggling musicians pay the...
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